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Gates on border to allow Indian elephants to visit Bangladesh
July 28 , 2017
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The government has decided to create 13 corridors by removing fences set up in the Indian-Bangladesh border, to facilitate migration of elephants. Officials of both nations agreed to construct gates along the border to allow ‘free and safe passage’ for wild elephants Trans-border migration of animals is a natural process.
Officials have identified 12 points in Meghalaya and one in Assam along the border, which are used by wild elephants to travel to Bangladesh, where the gates will be constructed.
